Lassina Traore has 19 points and 15 rebounds, Aboubacar Traore (14 points, 11 rebounds) does most of his damage in the second half and LBSU pulls away tops cold-shooting UCR, 83-75.
LBSU leads by 20 in the first half, by as much as 29 in the second half and cruises to an 88-66 victory in what amounts to a glorified practice against the NCCAA squad from San Dimas. LBSU plays at USC on Sunday.
LBSU leads by 20 in the first half, by as much as 29 in the second half and cruises to an 88-66 victory in what amounts to a glorified practice against the NCCAA squad from San Dimas. LBSU plays at USC on Sunday.
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #22 Michigan (3-0) vs #118 Long Beach St. (1-2) Actually ma’am I’m more of a dolphin WHERE Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI WHEN 7 PM THE LINE Kenpom: M -15 Torvik: M -12 TELEVISION BTN+ (link) THE OVERVIEW This California State school has been trying to figure out its name for most of its existence. Long Beach State, formerly Los Angeles-Orange County State, alternatively LBSU or CSULB, has also spent the last decade trying to move away from their mascot name, the 49ers, and even further from their school paper's sub-nickname, The Dirtbags. Officially they're still the 49ers, but since 2017 they've been just calling themselves The Beach. As in that's the team name. This is what they do. They beach. (Also they play in a blue pyramid.) Over his 14 years at Barbie Movie U coach Dan Monson has usually put Beach in contention for the Big West crown. Last year was a step back as Beach finished 7th (11-9) in-conference, but they were an upset loss to ri